Tang Dynasty good doctor

Chapter 720

Although Li Ke left in a hurry, for Wang Ping'an, he finally left, and once Li Ke left, all the responsibilities were transferred from him to Changsun Wuji. And Changsun Wuji wanted to fix him however he wanted, regardless of his own business!

If this matter is complicated, it involves all aspects, involving the struggle in the court, the dispute between the prince and the king of Wu, the dispute between the uncle and his nephew, and even the foreign kingdom of Goguryeo.But if you think about it more simply, it couldn't be simpler, that is, who will be the emperor of the Tang Dynasty in the future, and who can ascend to the throne in the Chang'an Palace.

In the next few days, it has been quiet. In and outside of Gyeongju City, preparations for spring plowing have begun. The weather is getting warmer and the south wind is starting to blow.

At noon that day, Che Sitong came to look for Wang Ping'an. Seeing that Wang Ping'an was working in the hall, he stepped forward and said, "My lord, the ice and snow have melted recently. Calculated according to the solar terms of the state, the river will almost open tomorrow, and it is a good day to eat open river fish!"

Wang Pingan said: "Open the river? I've heard of eating open river fish. Well, yes, this place is called Daxiaoliang River, and of course it's open. Can you see clearly that the ice surface will open tomorrow?"

Che Sitong said with a smile: "It's almost there. There is a crack on the river surface, and there is a constant cracking sound. It is estimated that the ice sheet will collapse tomorrow. It will take half a day for the ice surface to crack. The ice sheet will flow along the water. Take the fish bag to catch the fish. Opening the river fish is called a delicacy, but it happens once a year, so don’t miss it!”

Wang Ping'an clapped his hands and said, "Okay, let's go to the river tomorrow to see what happened to the broken ice. By the way, the water is heavy in spring, will it burst the embankment?"

As soon as you ask the question, you know that the question is stupid. The characteristic of the big and small rivers is that the bank is high and the water is low. The embankment is natural, and there is no need to heighten and reinforce it, and the water will not rise!

Che Sitong: "It's unlikely that the embankment will break, but the river will indeed rise, and it will also bring the ice row from the upstream, so the water truck by the river must pay attention to not let the ice row be scraped, in case If it is broken, it will be troublesome, and it will have to be repaired, which will delay the irrigation time."

Wang Pingan said: "These are small things, you go and do them. I won't stay in Gyeongju for too long. You are able to do things well. Before I leave, I will recommend you to the imperial court as the governor, so the water tanker You should pay more attention to the matter, and you will be responsible in the future."

Hearing this, Che Sitong was so happy that he almost fainted. He had long thought about being the governor of Gyeongju, but Wang Pingan hadn't expressed his opinion, and he was too embarrassed to ask. He actually personally agreed to recommend him to the imperial court!

With a plop, Che Sitong knelt down to Wang Ping'an, choked with sobs and said, "My lord, I really don't know how to repay you for your kindness to me. You are my mentor, benefactor..."

Wang Pingan didn't even help him, waved his hand and said: "Okay, okay, hurry up and do your work, if you can only say these flattering words, then I won't recommend you. What the court wants is to be able to do things, to do good things The official, not the sycophant!"

"Yes, I'm going to do business now, I'm going to do business now!" Che Sitong couldn't hide the joy in his heart, jumped up, and ran out to do business.

Wang Pingan thought: "Some people love power, and some people love money. This Che Sitong is one who loves power. But it's okay, at least he knows how to work hard in exchange for power. Compared with others, he can't do anything, and he will make a fuss." Much stronger. Like Li Ke, that tossing ghost."

He put away the official documents on the table and went to the backyard. He wanted to ask his parents if he wanted to go to see the ice raft together tomorrow. He had been stuck at home all winter, and it was time to go out for a refreshment.

When he arrived at the back house, Wang Pingan saw that Mrs. Yang was hugging and coaxing Xiao Taiping, he smiled and said, "Mother, how is Xiao Taiping today, how many times have you changed her diaper?"

Yang said: "Twice, but fortunately she is quite happy today. Look, when she saw you, she laughed again!"

Wang Pingan clapped his hands and said, "Good girl, do you miss your father?" Taking Xiao Taiping over, he kissed the two with ringing ones, and Xiao Taiping laughed gigglingly.

Wang Youcai asked: "Ping An, you are not handling official business in front at this time, what are you doing in the back house, you should get busy with business first, and come back at night."

Wang Pingan said: "There is nothing important. It was all planned before, and now I can leave it to my subordinates to do it. By the way, I heard from Che Sitong that tomorrow the Xiaoliang River will open the river to see the ice rafts, and it will be done. Eat the river fish, I heard it is fresh, shall we go and have a look together?"

Yang said: "Look at the ice platoon? That's good, but you can't take the baby with you, she's afraid of catching a cold!"

Wang Pingan smiled and said: "It's only half a day's work. You have been taking care of her these days, and it's time to take a break. Let the wet nurse take care of her for a day. Is there still a little time left?"

Wang Youcai also said: "That's right, let's go out and relax, this child is very skinny, it's good to let the wet nurse take care of the child for a long time, just to see how good the wet nurse is at taking care of the child!"

Seeing that her husband and son said so, Yang agreed, she was suffocated in the house during this time, and wanted to go out for a walk, to see the excitement and so on.

Wang Pingan called the wet nurse and explained what will happen tomorrow.The wet nurse was overjoyed, finally had the opportunity to show her ability to take care of children, since she entered the governor's mansion, she was named wet nurse, but she really didn't have any work other than breastfeeding little Taiping. With Yang Shi and Wang Youcai taking care of it, she simply couldn't get in the way and couldn't express herself. This time, she finally had a chance.

Early the next morning, Wang Pingan took Di Renjie to Daliang River first, while Yang Shi and Wang Youcai made arrangements for Little Taiping, and then set off by car to see the ice rafts being released by Kaihe River.

When Wang Pingan arrived at the river, he saw people standing on the bank of the river, all of them came to see the river open.

There are also quite a few straw huts built by the river, and the huts are the chefs of various taverns and restaurants in Gyeongju. This is also a small business opportunity. The common people like this one.

When the common people saw the governor coming, they all cheered, and many respectable people hurried over to flatter them, shouting: "Lord Governor, you are here to preside over the opening of the river. This river is waiting for you to come, so that it will open!"

Wang Pingan laughed out loud. Is there any mistake? If the river can’t open, what can I do? In fact, I also came to watch the excitement.He looked at the river and asked, "There are quite a few holes in the ice, but it doesn't look like the ice can be opened today, does it?"

An old man came over and replied: "Responding to Mr. Inspector's words, it will not be until noon. At that time, a lot of ice platoons rush down from the upstream and hit the nearby river channel, and the ice on the river will break open immediately. Boom boom boom, that scene is spectacular!"

"We'll have to take a look at this." Wang Ping'an and Di Renjie found a place with higher ground and waited to see Kaihe.Not long after, Wang Youcai and Yang Shi also arrived.

He was bustlingly waiting to see Kaihe, when suddenly he saw a horse galloping in the distance, the knight on horseback was wearing the military uniform of the Weifu, he was an officer, he was beating his horse desperately, and came galloping, it seemed that he had something urgent to do.The people on both sides saw that the officer was running eagerly, and they all made way for the officer to run to Wang Ping'an.

Both Wang Ping'an and Di Renjie were puzzled, what's going on, this officer doesn't seem to be a native of Gyeongju, where could he be from, Chang'an?

The officer ran to the river and shouted: "Who is the governor Wang? The general has an urgent matter and needs to see the governor Wang!" His accent had a Liaodong flavor, and he seemed to be from outside the pass.

Wang Ping'an was taken aback. As soon as he heard the accent, he knew that something had happened outside the pass. Could it be that Li Ke was playing the devil's son?But judging from the date, he hasn't been in Yingzhou for long!
Wang Ping'an waved and shouted: "I'm here, come quickly, but something happened in Yingzhou?"

When the officer saw him, he dismounted quickly, ran over, and shouted: "There is an urgent military situation in Yingzhou, please send it to Wang Inspector!" He ran to Wang Ping'an, knelt down on one knee, and presented a letter.

Wang Pingan took the letter and said, "What happened in Yingzhou, but King Wu... but the Goguryeo people crossed the border? Why did you send the military report to me?"

The officer said: "The last general was ordered by the governor of Youzhou to send a letter to the governor of Wang. After the accident happened in Yingzhou, after the governor of my family reported to Chang'an urgently, he received an anonymous letter that night, saying that he would send this Tell Wang Cishi about it, because it is rumored that you, Wang Cishi, are from Goguryeo...and that person's nemesis!"

"Nemesis? Why did I become the nemesis? Who wrote the anonymous letter?" Wang Pingan opened the letter and began to read it. The letter was very long.Di Renjie also leaned over and followed him to watch.

Not long, just read the letter.Wang Ping'an frowned and said: "It's too hasty, it's too much to make such a fuss."

Di Renjie took the letter, went through it again, and said, "Brother, according to my estimation, something happened in Goguryeo, so that's why you're in such a hurry."

Wang Pingan hummed, and said: "It's fine to eat the river fish, let's go back to the mansion first. Brother, please follow us into the city and explain what happened."

He turned his head and said to the Wangs: "My son has something urgent to deal with, so I won't be here. When I catch some fish from the river, just bring me one. Let's make fish soup."

Seeing that Wang Ping'an was not in a panic, Wang Youcai and Yang Shi thought it was not a big deal, so they didn't take it seriously. Yang Shi said: "Success, you go first, remember to go and see the child first."

Wang Pingan agreed, and took the people back to the governor's mansion first.

As soon as he entered the Governor's Mansion, Wang Ping'an immediately brought the officer to the study and asked, "What's going on, has this military report been sent to Chang'an?"

The officer said: "If you go back to the governor of the king, of course you will send it to Chang'an first, and it will be sent earlier than yours, but Chang'an is farther than Qingzhou, and it is estimated that you will arrive tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

Di Renjie asked: "When King Wu arrived in Yingzhou, what did he do, but replaced a large number of officials in Yingzhou?"

If you want to control Yingzhou, of course you have to replace all the officials who are disobedient to you. Under normal circumstances, no Tang official will join forces with Li Ke. Colluding with the Goguryeo people is a serious crime for exterminating the nine clans. Willing to do such a thing!

The officer said: "Go back to what your lord said. When King Wu arrived in Yingzhou, he did deal with a group of local officials first and sent them home, but he didn't say anything about dismissal. Like Bie Jia and Chang Shi, he did Those who have no right to replace them can only let them go home and rest for a few days."

Wang Ping'an frowned and said, "It can't be because of this kind of thing. It's not enough to be reported in the military newspaper. At most, it's just three fires for a new official to take office, to rectify his subordinates and make them obedient."

The officer said with a bitter face: "This is the first fire, but it's nothing, but the second fire is about to die. King Wu began to recruit soldiers from the county, but only three or four days later, more than 2000 people were recruited. Before the last general set off, it reached 3000, and it is still increasing. This is impossible anyway. Yingzhou is a place of long wars, and the people are scarce. Hezhou Ding Zhuang may not have more than [-] people. He How can you recruit so many?"

Di Renjie said: "Is it because he has no trouble raising these county soldiers? And he keeps recruiting? Where does the food, grass and military salary come from?"

Wang Pingan said: "Your family's governor learned about this, so he must have sent someone to investigate, and found that there are many Goguryeo people among the newly recruited county soldiers, right?"

The officer immediately nodded and said: "The two adults are absolutely right. Among the county soldiers newly recruited by the King of Wu, they are all Goguryeo people. So many Goguryeo people suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and there is no gap in the food and salary. King Wu did not Asking for help from Youzhou, I didn’t ask for food and grass, maybe it’s not enough time, but this is so strange, how can there be food and grass to support so many county soldiers in Yingzhou?”

Wang Ping'an and Di Renjie looked at each other, thinking in their hearts: "Are the Goguryeo people so impatient? If we were to do this kind of thing, at least we would have to wait until the old emperor passed away and the new emperor ascended the throne. The court is unstable, and the foreign vassals are in rebellion, only in this way can we get the greatest benefit, so why rush it!"

Wang Pingan asked: "How to deal with this?"

Di Renjie only felt sweat on his head, and said: "I have to wait and see what happens."

Wang Pingan sighed, and said, "I'll write a letter to Master Changsun in Chang'an, ask about the situation!" He wrote two letters, one was for the governor of Youzhou, the other was for Changsun Wuji, and they were separated. send out.

Chang'an.Changsun Wuji was also reading the letter, but it was neither from Youzhou nor Wang Ping'an, but a memorial for help from Silla.

Goguryeo launched a war and invaded Silla. The king of Silla asked for help from the suzerain Tang Empire!

Changsun Wuji looked at the memorial and thought: "So, the situation is clear. Why did the Goguryeo people support Li Ke? It was because they wanted to annex Silla, and they were afraid that Silla would ask Tang for help, so they made Li Ke. I want to cause some trouble for Datang, but I can't take care of them. Hey, this plan is okay, but it's a pity that they are too impatient, and they launched it too early!"

He took the memorial and entered the palace, intending to report the matter to Emperor Li Shimin.

(End of this chapter)